The main photo on BGR's site is mostly a mockup based on the information received from the source. Additional photos that are large but blurry show different screens of the app. But one in particular reveals an option to switch to 3D mode.

To jump into 3D, you peel back the lower right corner of the app and tap on the 3D mode option, according to BGR. You can then switch back and forth between 2D and 3D by tapping an icon in the lower left corner. Assuming the details and photos are on the money, Apple would be using 3D imagery provided by C3 Technologies, which the iPhone maker acquired last October.

The information and images do back up a story published earlier this month by 9to5Mac, saying that Apple would drop Google Maps for iOS 6 in favor of its own in-house Maps app. AllThingsD received similar intel from its own sources, who described the new app as something that will "blow your head off."

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Journalist, software trainer, and Web developer Lance Whitney writes columns and reviews for CNET, Computer Shopper, Microsoft TechNet, and other technology sites. His first book, "Windows 8 Five Minutes at a Time," was published by Wiley & Sons in November 2012.
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